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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Virginia rates for HCPCS 41019

A procedure to place thin needles or small tubes into tissues of the head or neck to prepare for internal radiation treatment. The radioactive material itself is applied in a separate service and charged separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation cost?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $813 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$479 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$550 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $490 to $7,413Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $437 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$562

CA $1,349WV $479

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.